Cedar Chapel Special School

Located at 510 Coulbourne Ln, in Snow Hill, Maryland, Cedar Chapel Special School is a minimally staffed unified-grade school that enrolls 51 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within Worcester County Public Schools. That puts it 81% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 275 students.

Worcester County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,002 students. Cedar Chapel Special School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cedar Chapel Special School lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 29% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, Cedar Chapel Special School shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.7:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Worcester County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household income runs about $81,745, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students), of which Cedar Chapel Special School is one.

The closest other public school is Snow Hill Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Cedar Chapel Special School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 52 (now 51). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 35% to 29%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.